Tokyo, June 2. The dull thud of their bombs resounding over a better part of China, Japanese naval aircraft in May carried out 1,800 raids upon Chinese military objectives ranging from the Lunghai Railway to the creeks of Kwangtung.
In these attacks, the Naval Section of the Imperial General Headquarters announced today, more than 900 tons of explosives were dumped by the raiders upon the targets below.
During the month, the statement red, naval aircraft had brought down 21 Chinese planes, and destroyed five grounded machines, These figures included two and three planes respectively of whose destruction there was no certainty, These losses, the communique said, had brought the number of "liquidate ed" Chinese aircraft since the commencement of hostilities to 974, the figure including "uncertain" destruction.—Domei,
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